There's always an argument about kung-fu - is it outdated, is it functional, is it good/bad/etc? No one really considers what they're arguing about. Kung-fu is just the skills you gain over time. The various styles have their own techniques, their own foci - but kung-fu is a...

I got my start in the martial arts when I was a young kid. It wasn't in a classroom. I started imitating the movements I had seen on tv with a steel pipe, learning to make new moves when I flattened one of the tips and used it for getting rid of tumbleweeds. My first attempt to...